Monday, 14 January 2019

Minimal pairs: /ɑː/, /aʊ/ and /əʊ/

Ex. Look at the following words containing 1. /ɑː/, 2. /əʊ/ and find their counterparts containing the diphthong /aʊ/.

1. bar, Bart, can't, car, Carl, grass, maths, tart

2. boat, bro, clone, foal, goat, gross, hoe, no, road/rode, woe

KEY
1. bough, bout, count, cow, cowl, grouse, mouths, tout
2. bout, brow, clown, foul/fowl, gout, grouse, how, now, rowed (argued), wow 

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